Leucaena cuspidata

Botanical Description

Leucaena cuspidata is a small, often multiple-stemmed, deciduous tree with an open irregular spreading crown; it usually grows 2 - 4 metres tall, occasionally reaching 6 metres, The bole can be 10 - 15cm in diameter[ 1518 Title Leucaena A Genetic Resources Handbook Publication Tropical Forestry Papers No. 37 Author Hughes C.E. Website https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/leucaena/ Publisher Oxford Forestry Institute; Oxford, UK Year 1998 ISBN 0 85074 145 9 Description An excellent guide to the genus, giving detailed information on the various species ]. The plant is commonly harvested from the wild for food. The unripe pods are harvested and the seeds consumed locally and marketed in nearby towns. It is occasionally cultivated on a small scale for pod production[ 1518 Title Leucaena A Genetic Resources Handbook Publication Tropical Forestry Papers No. 37 Author Hughes C.E. Website https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/leucaena/ Publisher Oxford Forestry Institute; Oxford, UK Year 1998 ISBN 0 85074 145 9 Description An excellent guide to the genus, giving detailed information on the various species ]. Leucaena cuspidata occupies a restricted distribution and is rarely locally abundant and if so only in forest. It is apparently susceptible to grazing pressure (often being restricted to steep slopes and gullies), and, unlike most species of Leucaena, does not appear to thrive on disturbance[ 1518 Title Leucaena A Genetic Resources Handbook Publication Tropical Forestry Papers No. 37 Author Hughes C.E. Website https://herbaria.plants.ox.ac.uk/bol/leucaena/ Publisher Oxford Forestry Institute; Oxford, UK Year 1998 ISBN 0 85074 145 9 Description An excellent guide to the genus, giving detailed information on the various species ]. The plant is classified as 'Vulnerable' in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species(2013)[ 338 Title IUCN Red List of Threatened Species Publication Author Website http://www.iucnredlist.org/ Publisher Year 0 ISBN Description A list of plants under threat and facing possible extinction, usually with brief details of the threats and information on habitat. ].